1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1959 – A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
1967 – Robert Henriques, English writer (100 Hours to Suez), dies at 61
1975 – Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79
1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French stage actor, director and producer (Les Enfants du Paradis), dies at 83
1995 – Christopher Francis Palmer, British composer, orchestrator, and musicologist, dies of AIDS complications 48
1997 – Ian Munro, British medical journalist, humanitarian and cricketer, dies at 73
2000 – Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), dies at 83
2014 – Roy Cicala, American sound engineer (Record Plant Studios (NYC) – Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra), dies at 74
2022 – Don Wilson, American rock guitarist (The Ventures – “Hawaii 5-0 Theme”; “Walk, Don’t Run”), dies at 88
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 21st January 2024
1118 – Pope Paschal II, born Raniero (1099-1118), dies
1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman who tried to bar Catholic James II from throne (Lord Chancellor 1672-73), dies at 61
1731 – Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
1870 – Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
1891 – Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), dies at 48
1903 – Hermanus Schaepman ‘the doctor’, Dutch poet, Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and politician, dies at 58
1959 – Lamar Stringfield, American composer, dies at 61
1981 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won’t Forget; Cafe Society), dies at 79
1993 – Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP and batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), dies at 89
2015 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 20th January 2024
820 – Muslim jurist Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi’i, dies
1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1949 – Joseph Cuypers, architect Dutch (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
1954 – Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 63
1973 – Amilcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean nationalist leader, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered at 51
1982 – Marc Demeyer, Belgian road racing cyclist (Paris-Brussels 1974), dies at 31
1992 – Fitzhugh Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II – Navy Cross x2), dies at 86
2002 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), dies at 38
2015 – Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), dies at 70
2016 – David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist, dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 19th January 2024
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1871 – Henri Regnault, French painter, dies at 27
1944 – Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
1964 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), dies at 77
1969 – Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, dies at 80
1972 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), dies at 35
1980 – Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement, dies at 58
2009 – José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 72
2020 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Korean businessman (Lotte Corporation), dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 18th January 2024
1471 – Emperor Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor of Japan, dies at 51
1760 – Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, dies at 62
1960 – Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, dies of pneumonia at 52
1984 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, rebetiko and laïkó songwriter, and bouzouki player, dies on his 69th birthday
1990 – Russell “Rusty “Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy – “Rusty”), takes his own life at 52
2000 – Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), dies from natural causes at 87
2000 – Nancy Coleman, American actress (Edge of Darkness), dies at 87
2006 – Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
2008 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (co-owner Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 1979–2008), dies at 80
2022 – Lusia Harris, American Basketball HOF center (AIAW C’ship and MVP 1975–77, Delta State University; Olympic silver 1976), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 17th January 2024
1229 – Albert, Bishop of Riga/Albert of Buxhoeveden, founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, dies at about 68
1830 – W Waiblinger, writer, dies
1861 – Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
1990 – Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66
1990 – Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American social activist (NYC cabinet), dies at 90
2000 – Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, dies at 71
2002 – Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
2004 – Ray Stark, American stage and film producer, dies at 88
2006 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2022 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress (Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Light in the Piazza), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 16th January 2024
1817 – Antonín Volánek, Czech organist and composer, dies at 55
1913 – Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American aeronaut and inventor, dies at 80
1971 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
1972 – David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], American songwriter (“Come On A-My House”), singer (Alvin and The Chipmunks – “Witch Doctor”), and actor (Rear Window), dies at 52
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1993 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1994 – Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
1997 – Ennis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29
2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2016 – Gary Loizzo, American rock guitarist and singer (American Breed – “Bend Me, Shape Me”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 70
Famous Deaths for 15th January 2024
1672 – John Cosin, English clergyman, dies at 77
1876 – Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)
1902 – Alpheus Hyatt, American zoologist and paleontologist, dies at 63
1972 – Margaret “Daisy” Ashford, British child author who wrote “The Young Visiters” (Mister Salteena’s Plan) aged 9, dies at 90
1978 – Jack Jackson, British trumpeter, dance band bandleader, and influential BBC disc jockey, dies at 71
1989 – Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34
1995 – Sollie McElroy, American RandB singer (The Flamingos. 1953-54 – “Golden Teardrops”), dies at 61
2004 – Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1,435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), dies at 98
2014 – Joachim Nowotny, German writer, dies at 80
2020 – Chris Darrow, American country-rock pioneer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, bassist, and banjo plucker (Kaleidoscope; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1967-70), dies from complications following a stroke at 75
Famous Deaths for 14th January 2024
1766 – Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
1887 – Peter Donders, Dutch Roman Catholic missionary to Suriname, dies at 77
1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 47
1959 – G. D. H. Cole, English political theorist and socialist, dies at 69
1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914)
1996 – Jacques LeBrun, French yachtsman (Olympic gold Snowbird class 1932), dies at 85
1999 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall), dies at 80
2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 72
2008 – Judah Folkman, Surgeon that developed Angiogenesis (b. 1933)
2018 – Marlene VerPlanck [Pampinella], American jazz and pop vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 84
Famous Deaths for 13th January 2024
533 – Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533) and saint, dies about 96
1735 – Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia, dies at 28
1954 – Roland Diggle, English-American composer, organist and choirmaster (St. John’s Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, California), dies at 69
1957 – Alfred Edgar Coppard, English short story writer (Black Dogs and Other Stories), dies at 79
2002 – Kurt Brüggemann, German composer, conductor, and music educator, dies at 93
2005 – Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), dies at 81
2009 – Hortense Calisher, American novelist (President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters), dies at 97
2010 – Theodore “Teddy” Pendergrass, American soul singer (Turn Off the Lights), dies of respiratory failure at 59
2018 – Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician, stand-up comedian, and radio presenter, dies of a heart attack at 63
2021 – Bernd Kannenber, German race walker (Olympic gold FRG 50k 1972), dies at 78